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  2. Timeline of horse racing on UK television - Wikipedia

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    1984. 22 March – Horse racing coverage is broadcast on Channel 4 for the first time, resulting in the launch Channel 4 Racing. 1985. 5 October – The first weekend horse racing is shown on Channel 4 when ITV transfers coverage of horse racing to Channel 4 after the end of World of Sport. 1986.

  3. British Classic Races - Wikipedia

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    The British Classics are five long-standing Group 1 horse races run during the traditional flat racing season. [1] They are restricted to three-year-old horses and traditionally represent the pinnacle of achievement for racehorses against their own age group. As such, victory in any classic marks a horse as amongst the very best of a generation ...

  4. BBC Sport - Wikipedia

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    BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC television, radio and online. The BBC holds the television and radio UK broadcasting rights to several sports, broadcasting the sport live or alongside flagship analysis programmes such as Match of the Day, Test Match Special, Ski Sunday and Today at ...

  5. Greyhound racing in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Greyhound racing is a sport in the United Kingdom. The industry uses a parimutuel betting tote system with on-course and off-course betting available. [1] Attendances have declined in recent years, mainly due to the decrease in evening fixtures with the majority of fixtures being held in the daytime. [2]

  6. List of British flat horse races - Wikipedia

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    Try The Racing App This Afternoon Handicap: Bath: 5f: 2 75: 4yo+ Blind Beggar April: Newbury Spring Cup: Newbury: 1m: 2 70: 4yo+ Metal Merchant April: Sky Bet Acca Freeze Handicap: Musselburgh: 5f 1y: 2 75: 4yo+ Equality April: City and Suburban Handicap: Epsom: 1m 2f 17y: 2 50: 4yo+ Crystal Delight April: Great Metropolitan Handicap: Epsom: 1m ...

  7. British Touring Car Championship - Wikipedia

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    The Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom, currently organised and administered by TOCA. It was established in 1958 as the British Saloon Car Championship and was renamed as the British Touring Car Championship for the 1987 season. [1] The championship, currently running ...

  8. TV Trophy (greyhounds) - Wikipedia

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    Purse. £15,000 (winner) The Television Trophy (TV Trophy for short) is a greyhound racing competition held annually. It was inaugurated in 1952 and shown on the BBC. [1] A different venue was chosen each year over the marathon distance of the relevant track. The competition consisted of heats (normally three) and a final one week later. [2]

  9. Race Across the World - Wikipedia

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    3 March 2019. ( 2019-03-03) –. present. Race Across the World is a British television competition programme, in which teams of two race across an area of the world to become the fastest to reach a destination using any means of transportation other than air travel. [1] The programme was broadcast on BBC Two for the first two series, but due ...